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ORRIN G. FBANKS, OF KENOSHA, TVISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE NORTH WESTERN'WIRE MATTRESS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,243, dated February'7, 1893. Application filed November 14, 1892. Serial No, 451,917. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRIN G. FBANKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Visconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates particularly to beds which are to be used bychildren.

The improvement relates to a construction which allows the head and footframes to be separated from the body of the bed and allows the sideframes to be folded upon the body of the bed.

In the acoompanyin g drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective. of one end ofthe bed. Fig. 3 is a fractional end View. Fig. 4 is a detail view of oneof the corner posts.

The bed-botto1n,A, end rails, B, B, and side rails, C, O, constitute thebody of the bed. The bedbottom is stretched from one end rail, B, to theother and attached to each and may or may not be attached to the siderails, C. Each end rail has extending through it at right angles amortise, l3, and the side rails, C, O, are provided at their ends withcylindric tenons, 0, extending through the adjacent mortise, B. By thisconstruction, the side rails keep the end rails in a fixed positionwhile the side rails are permitted to rotate on their longitudinal axes.

D, D,are the end frames of the bed. These may be of any suitable form,but should embody corner posts, D, extending over the end rails, l3,opposite the ends of the side rails, G. In the face of the corner postwhich is directed toward the body of the bed, there is formed a narrow,vertical mortise, D across which extends a bar, (1 and from the end ofthe body of the bed, a downward hook, 0 extends into said mortise andover said bar, (1 and is of proper length to bind the end of said bedbody tightly against said corner post when said hook is so extended oversaid bar,

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation CF. I prefer to attach said hook, C tothe tenon, G of the side rail, C, by cutting a vertical longitudinalslot in the said tenon of sufficient width to receive the body of saidhook and then inserting, said body into said tenon and suitably securingthe same therein as by transverse pins, 0 extending through said tenonand the body of said hook. This constitutes an economical andsubstantial fastening for the book.

The side frames consist of the side rails, O, the upper rails, E, andrungs or equivalent pieces, E, extending from said side rails to saidupper rails. The upper rails, E, extend to the corner posts, D, and aredetachably secured to the latter as by being entered into shallowmortises, d, in said corner posts and screws, S, extending through saidcorner posts into the ends of said upper rails.

When the bed is to be folded, or rather partially folded and partiallysegregated, the screws, S, are removed and the upper ends of the endframes sprung away from the middle of the bed suificiently to releasethe ends of the rails, E. Then the side frames, E, E, O,

are rotated upon the cylindric tenons, C.

Then the end frames are released by forcing the latter downward or thebody of the bed upward suliiciently to disengage the hooks, 0 from thebars, (1 W'hen the end pieces have been thus detached, the side framesmay be folded closely against the bed-bottom, A.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with a bed-bottom, A, of endpieces, B, B, having mortises, B, side rails, 0, having cylindric tenonsextending into said mortises, rails, E, and rungs, E, joined to eachother to constitute side frames, end frames, D, having corner posts, D,provided with mortises, D bars, 61 extending across said mortises,andhooks, 0 extending from the body of the bed into said mortises and oversaid bars, and said corner posts be ing detachably joined to the ends ofsaid rails, E, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a bed-bottom, A, of end pieces, B, B, havingmortises, B, side rails, 0, having cylindric tenons extending into saidmortises, rails, E, and rungs, E, joined to each other to constituteside frames, end frames, D, having corner posts, D, provided withmortises, D bars, (1 extending across said mortises, and hooks, 0secured to the tenons of said side rails, O, and adapted to extend intosaid mortises and over said bars, (F, and said corner posts beingdetachably joined to the ends of said rails, E, substantially asdescribed.

In besti [non y whereof I affix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses,this 2d day of November, in the year 1892.

ORRIN G. FRANKS.

\Vitnesses:

J AMES CAVANAGH, CYRUS KEHR.

